"The number of home-delivery parcels handled by trucking companies declined 2.3% from a year earlier to 3.14 billion in fiscal 2009 through March this year for the second consecutive yearly fall, the transport ministry said Monday."
Source:No. of home-delivery parcels down 2.3% in FY 2009
Tuesday 06th July,2010.
Japan Today
http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/no-of-home-delivery-parcels-down-23-in-fy-2009
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